The number of times a design has been requested as a swap over the previous 3 months, showing the current level of collector demand.

How many of each design are listed as “collected” by Change Checkers, indicating the relative ease of finding a particular coin.

That’s why we have combined the mintage information with two other key pieces of information.

Finally, it can be up to a couple of years before the Royal Mint eventually confirms the actual mintage for an issue. Trying to find a good quality coin from 15 – 20 years ago, even for a higher mintage issue, is much more challenging than a more recent issue, as coins become damaged over time and are ultimately removed from circulation.Īdditionally, some designs are more hoarded than others by people who might not normally collect coins – the poignant First World War £2 Coin series being an example. Generally collectors have had to rely upon mintage figures to identify the scarcest coins.

There’s no doubt that the Treasury’s announcement of having no plans to issue any £2 coins into circulation for the next 10 years has caused a bit of shuffling in this index and we’ll no doubt see this effect trickle into the next few updates. These are definitely the coins to watch over the next few quarters… There’s been a fair bit of shuffling around in the rest of the index, with the Florence Nightingale £2 climbing 8 places this quarter! The Act of Union £2 has also dropped 6 places in this update. Once again we’ve seen a reshuffling of the Commonwealth Games coins at the top of the Index, with the Commonwealth Games Wales £2 climbing back into the top 4.

Collectable 50p coins list